Norman Foster A Life in Architecture

Name: Norman Foster A Life in Architecture
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ISBN: 9781590204320

ISBN-10: 1590204328

ISBN-13: 9781590204320

Edition: 2010

Authors: Deyan Sudjic

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Norman Foster is a phenomenon - as an architect, but also as an individual. He is responsible for a dozen or more of the most recognizable buildings of the last 30 years. Amongst many other buildings, Norman Foster is responsible for the design of Beijing's new airport, one of the world's largest, for the Rossiya tower in Moscow, in contention to be the tallest skyscraper in Europe until the credit crunch killed it, for one of the towers at Ground Zero in Manhattan, and for a crop of new towers in London. He designed the Reichstag, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks headquarters in London and China, the new Wembley stadium and the British Museum¹s new court. Deyan Sudjic's insightful and…

Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Overlook Press, The
Publication date: 9/2/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English




The view from the window



I could have stayed in America



How much does your building weigh?



Reinventing the skyscraper



Architecture and power



The art of the juggler


Acknowledgements


References


Illustration Credits


Index